Improvement in cultivators



W. H. FARMEB.

Cultivators.

No. 152,623, Patented June 30,1874;

Jivvemfo UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM H. FARMER, OF ROME, GEORGIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming palt of Letters Patent No. 152,623, dated June 30,1874; application filed June 9, 187 4.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. FARMER, ofRome, in the county of Floyd and State of Georgia, have invented certainImprovements in Plows, of which the following is a specification:

The invention relates to a plow having three beams, attached at theirrear ends by swinging plates, and provided at their front ends withhooks and sockets, so that the distance between the plow-shares may beeasily regulated. The object of the invention is to provide a device forplowing three distinct furrows at desired distances, or one wide furrow,or one wide and one narrow furrow.

Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of a device embodying the elements ofthe invention, one of the plow-beams being removed. Fig. 2 is a top orplan view of same, showing all of the plow-beams. Fig. 3 is a bottomview of same.

A in the accompanying drawings are the handles secured at their lowerfront ends, about the center of the center-beam B, their upper portionsbeing connectedby the brace a passing through the upper part of thestandard (J, upon the lower end of which a plow-share, D, is properlymounted. The beam B extends forward from the standard 0 a properdistance, and is connected with the 'beam E by a plate, F, pivoted toeach beam,

the front end of the beam B being furnished on its sides with the hooksb, curving forward and fitting into the socket-plate d in the front endsof the beams E and H. One'or more similar hooks, e, may be secured tothe sides of the beam B, a proper distance in rear of the hook b, sothat when the beams E and H, or either thereof, are swung rearward theymay be secured to the beam 13, thus lessening the distance between theplow-shares, or reducing the distance until both or all the sharescooperate in making a wide furrow. The beam H is of similar constructionto the beam E, but of somewhat less length, and is attached to the beamB in a similar manner. The purpose of having the beam H, as stated, isto equalize the weight or draft upon the centerbeam, since, being placedfarther from the center-beam than the beam E is, the draft is proportionately greater.

By the above-described arrangement the operation of plowing threedistinct furrows at once may be accomplished, or a wide and a narrow, orone very wide, furrow can be' made, it being only necessary, in the lasttwo operations, to unhook the side beam E and swingit backward againstthe beam B and hook it in that position, or to close the two beams E andH upon the center beam B, and then secure them by the hooks and sockets.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the beams H B and the beam E, adjustable from thehook b to the hook e,with the adjusting-brace or swinging plate F,substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM H. FARMER.

Witnesses J. H. REEGE, (J. D. FoRsYTH.

